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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on January 14.
Events edit
19th century edit
- 1868 – The Colorado and Clear Creek Railroad officially changes its name to Colorado Central Railroad.
20th century edit
- 1911 – The 191st Street station on New York City Subway's IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line opens.
- 1940 – Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway discontinues the San Francisco-Los Angeles-Chicago Navajo.
21st century edit
Births edit
- 1831 – William D. Washburn, first president of Soo Line Railroad 1883-1889, is born (d. 1912).[1]
Deaths edit
- 1908 – Matthias N. Forney, American steam locomotive manufacturer, dies (b. 1835).
References edit
- ^ Gjevre, John A. (1990). Saga of the Soo, West from Shoreham (Second ed.). Moorhead, Minnesota: Gjevre Books.